Oracle® Private Cloud Appliance

Administrator's Guide for Release 2.4.2

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F23452-08

December 2020


Table of Contents

Preface
1 Concept, Architecture and Life Cycle of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
1.1 What is Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
1.2 Hardware Components
1.2.1 Management Nodes
1.2.2 Compute Nodes
1.2.3 Storage Appliance
1.2.4 Network Infrastructure
1.3 Software Components
1.3.1 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Dashboard
1.3.2 Password Manager (Wallet)
1.3.3 Oracle VM Manager
1.3.4 Operating Systems
1.3.5 Databases
1.3.6 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Management Software
1.3.7 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Diagnostics Tool
1.4 Provisioning and Orchestration
1.4.1 Appliance Management Initialization
1.4.2 Compute Node Discovery and Provisioning
1.4.3 Server Pool Readiness
1.5 High Availability
1.6 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Backup
1.7 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Upgrader
2 Monitoring and Managing Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
2.1 Connecting and Logging in to the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Dashboard
2.2 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Accessibility Features
2.3 Hardware View
2.4 Network Settings
2.5 Functional Networking Limitations
2.5.1 Network Configuration of Ethernet-based Systems
2.5.2 Network Configuration of InfiniBand-based Systems
2.6 Network Customization
2.6.1 Configuring Custom Networks on Ethernet-based Systems
2.6.2 Configuring Custom Networks on InfiniBand-based Systems
2.6.3 Deleting Custom Networks
2.7 Tenant Groups
2.7.1 Design Assumptions and Restrictions
2.7.2 Configuring Tenant Groups
2.8 Authentication
2.9 Health Monitoring
3 Updating Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
3.1 Before You Start Updating
3.1.1 Warnings and Cautions
3.1.2 Backup Prevents Data Loss
3.2 Using the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Upgrader
3.2.1 Rebooting the Management Node Cluster
3.2.2 Installing the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Upgrader
3.2.3 Verifying Upgrade Readiness
3.2.4 Executing a Controller Software Update
3.3 Upgrading the Virtualization Platform
3.4 Upgrading Component Firmware
3.4.1 Firmware Policy
3.4.2 Install the Current Firmware on All Compute Nodes
3.4.3 Upgrading the Operating Software on the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance
3.4.4 Upgrading the Cisco Switch Firmware
3.4.5 Upgrading the NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch Firmware
3.4.6 Upgrading the Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 Firmware
4 The Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Command Line Interface (CLI)
4.1 CLI Usage
4.1.1 Interactive Mode
4.1.2 Single-command Mode
4.1.3 Controlling CLI Output
4.1.4 Internal CLI Help
4.2 CLI Commands
4.2.1 add compute-node
4.2.2 add network
4.2.3 add network-to-tenant-group
4.2.4 backup
4.2.5 configure vhbas
4.2.6 create lock
4.2.7 create network
4.2.8 create tenant-group
4.2.9 create uplink-port-group
4.2.10 delete config-error
4.2.11 delete lock
4.2.12 delete network
4.2.13 delete task
4.2.14 delete tenant-group
4.2.15 delete uplink-port-group
4.2.16 deprovision compute-node
4.2.17 diagnose
4.2.18 get log
4.2.19 list
4.2.20 remove compute-node
4.2.21 remove network
4.2.22 remove network-from-tenant-group
4.2.23 reprovision
4.2.24 rerun
4.2.25 set system-property
4.2.26 show
4.2.27 start
4.2.28 stop
4.2.29 update appliance
4.2.30 update password
4.2.31 update compute-node
5 Managing the Oracle VM Virtual Infrastructure
5.1 Guidelines and Limitations
5.2 Logging in to the Oracle VM Manager Web UI
5.3 Monitoring Health and Performance in Oracle VM
5.4 Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
5.5 Managing Virtual Machine Resources
5.6 Configuring Network Resources for Virtual Machines
5.6.1 Configuring VM Network Resources on Ethernet-based Systems
5.6.2 Configuring VM Network Resources on InfiniBand-based Systems
5.7 Viewing and Managing Storage Resources
5.7.1 Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2
5.7.2 Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS5-ES and Earlier Models
5.8 Tagging Resources in Oracle VM Manager
5.9 Managing Jobs and Events
6 Servicing Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Components
6.1 Oracle Auto Service Request (ASR)
6.1.1 Understanding Oracle Auto Service Request (ASR)
6.1.2 ASR Prerequisites
6.1.3 Setting Up ASR and Activating ASR Assets
6.2 Replaceable Components
6.2.1 Rack Components
6.2.2 Oracle Server X8-2 Components
6.2.3 Oracle Server X7-2 Components
6.2.4 Oracle Server X6-2 Components
6.2.5 Oracle Server X5-2 Components
6.2.6 Sun Server X4-2 Components
6.2.7 Sun Server X3-2 Components
6.2.8 Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2 Components
6.2.9 Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS5-ES Components
6.2.10 Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES Components
6.2.11 Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320 Components
6.2.12 Oracle Switch ES1-24 Components
6.2.13 NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch Components
6.2.14 Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 Components
6.3 Preparing Oracle Private Cloud Appliance for Service
6.4 Servicing the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Rack System
6.4.1 Powering Down Oracle Private Cloud Appliance (When Required)
6.4.2 Service Procedures for Rack System Components
6.5 Servicing an Oracle Server X8-2
6.5.1 Powering Down Oracle Server X8-2 for Service (When Required)
6.5.2 Service Procedures for Oracle Server X8-2 Components
6.6 Servicing an Oracle Server X7-2
6.6.1 Powering Down Oracle Server X7-2 for Service (When Required)
6.6.2 Service Procedures for Oracle Server X7-2 Components
6.7 Servicing an Oracle Server X6-2
6.7.1 Powering Down Oracle Server X6-2 for Service (When Required)
6.7.2 Service Procedures for Oracle Server X6-2 Components
6.8 Servicing an Oracle Server X5-2
6.8.1 Powering Down Oracle Server X5-2 for Service (When Required)
6.8.2 Service Procedures for Oracle Server X5-2 Components
6.9 Servicing a Sun Server X4-2
6.9.1 Powering Down Sun Server X4-2 for Service (When Required)
6.9.2 Service Procedures for Sun Server X4-2 Components
6.10 Servicing a Sun Server X3-2
6.10.1 Powering Down Sun Server X3-2 for Service (When Required)
6.10.2 Service Procedures for Sun Server X3-2 Components
6.11 Servicing the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2
6.11.1 Powering Down the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2 for Service (When Required)
6.11.2 Service Procedures for Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2 Components
6.12 Servicing the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS5-ES
6.12.1 Powering Down the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS5-ES for Service (When Required)
6.12.2 Service Procedures for Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS5-ES Components
6.13 Servicing the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES
6.13.1 Powering Down the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES for Service (When Required)
6.13.2 Service Procedures for Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3-ES Components
6.14 Servicing the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320
6.14.1 Powering Down the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320 for Service (When Required)
6.14.2 Service Procedures for Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320 Components
6.15 Servicing an Oracle Switch ES1-24
6.15.1 Powering Down the Oracle Switch ES1-24 for Service (When Required)
6.15.2 Service Procedures for Oracle Switch ES1-24 Components
6.16 Servicing an NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch
6.16.1 Powering Down the NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch for Service (When Required)
6.16.2 Service Procedures for NM2-36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch Components
6.17 Servicing an Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15
6.17.1 Powering Down the Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 for Service (When Required)
6.17.2 Service Procedures for Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 Components
6.18 Servicing a Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 Switch
6.18.1 Powering Down the Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 Switch for Service (When Required)
6.18.2 Service Procedures for Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 Switch Components
6.19 Servicing a Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP Switch
6.19.1 Powering Down the Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP Switch for Service (When Required)
6.19.2 Service Procedures for Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP Switch Components
7 Troubleshooting
7.1 Setting the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Logging Parameters
7.2 Adding Proxy Settings for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Updates
7.3 Configuring Data Center Switches for VLAN Traffic
7.4 Changing the Oracle VM Agent Password
7.5 Running Manual Pre- and Post-Upgrade Checks in Combination with Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Upgrader
7.6 Enabling Fibre Channel Connectivity on a Provisioned Appliance
7.7 Restoring a Backup After a Password Change
7.8 Enabling SNMP Server Monitoring
7.9 Using a Custom CA Certificate for SSL Encryption
7.9.1 Creating a Keystore
7.9.2 Importing a Keystore
7.10 Reprovisioning a Compute Node when Provisioning Fails
7.11 Deprovisioning and Replacing a Compute Node
7.12 Eliminating Time-Out Issues when Provisioning Compute Nodes
7.13 Returning Oracle VM Server Pool to Operation After Network Services Restart
7.14 Recovering from Tenant Group Configuration Mismatches
7.15 Configure Xen CPU Frequency Scaling for Best Performance
Index